Re: First z/OS 1.9 IPL Problem

2009-01-13 Thread Mark Zelden
On Mon, 12 Jan 2009 04:37:34 -0500, Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) shmuel+ibm-m...@patriot.net wrote: In 84eb68c5090445q3dfa7449k71369f2942b71...@mail.gmail.com, on 01/12/2009 at 09:45 AM, Daz har...@gmail.com said: Are you positive about that? My book says to reply FORMAT,NOREQ for a cold

RES: First z/OS 1.9 IPL Problem

2009-01-12 Thread ITURIEL DO NASCIMENTO NETO
- |De: IBM Mainframe Discussion List |[mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] Em nome de Bruce Hewson |Enviada em: segunda-feira, 12 de janeiro de 2009 03:38 |Para: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu |Assunto: Re: First z/OS 1.9 IPL Problem | |o new system1st IPL...JES2 starts but does not |initialise

Re: First z/OS 1.9 IPL Problem

2009-01-12 Thread Eric Bielefeld
I finally figured out the answer to why I wasn't getting any messages out at IPL time for my newly built 1.9 system. Thanks to all who replied. The one suggestion that made the biggest difference was to shut off the console and use the hardware console. After I issued a D R,L command from

Re: First z/OS 1.9 IPL Problem

2009-01-12 Thread Thompson, Steve
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Eric Bielefeld Sent: Monday, January 12, 2009 2:03 PM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: First z/OS 1.9 IPL Problem I finally figured out the answer to why I wasn't getting any messages

Re: First z/OS 1.9 IPL Problem

2009-01-12 Thread Richard Peurifoy
Eric Bielefeld wrote: I finally figured out the answer to why I wasn't getting any messages out at IPL time for my newly built 1.9 system. Thanks to all who replied. The one suggestion that made the biggest difference was to shut off the console and use the hardware console. After I issued

Re: First z/OS 1.9 IPL Problem

2009-01-12 Thread Eric Bielefeld
Richard, Thanks. I put that in my PDS member that has useful MVS commands. Now, if something like this ever happens again, I will have to remember that I documented this command! Eric Richard Peurifoy r-peuri...@neo.tamu.edu wrote: Next time, try D R,L,CN=(ALL) This will show

Re: First z/OS 1.9 IPL Problem

2009-01-12 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In 84eb68c5090445q3dfa7449k71369f2942b71...@mail.gmail.com, on 01/12/2009 at 09:45 AM, Daz har...@gmail.com said: Are you positive about that? My book says to reply FORMAT,NOREQ for a cold start, and just NOREQ for a warm. FORMAT takes much longer than a cold start. -- Shmuel

Re: First z/OS 1.9 IPL Problem

2009-01-12 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In 20090109210758.dkbsc.51724.r...@hrndva-web15-z01, on 01/09/2009 at 03:07 PM, Eric Bielefeld eric-ibmm...@wi.rr.com said: Any thoughts? Direct JES2 messages to a printer. If you're running under VM it can be a virtual printer. Alternatively, specify a large Master Trace table and take a

Re: First z/OS 1.9 IPL Problem

2009-01-11 Thread Eric Bielefeld
Dave, I always do my first IPL with the system as shipped. I do a full system replacement. I have never shared spool with my test Lpars. Management wants my test systems totally separate from production, which I don't blame them for. In this case I really can't share spool. I have about

Re: First z/OS 1.9 IPL Problem

2009-01-11 Thread Itschak Mugzach
you wrote There are a bunch of messages for uninitialized DASD... This might cause short on CSA, that in turn, cause halt in IPL. How many uninit. dasd do you have? ITschak On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 3:39 PM, Eric Bielefeld eric-ibmm...@wi.rr.comwrote: Dave, I always do my first IPL with the

Re: First z/OS 1.9 IPL Problem

2009-01-11 Thread Daz
Are you positive about that? My book says to reply FORMAT,NOREQ for a cold start, and just NOREQ for a warm. On Sat, Jan 10, 2009 at 8:20 AM, Eric Bielefeld eric-ibmm...@wi.rr.comwrote: John. I tried $S. I didn't really think it would work, and it just said it was an invalid command. The

Re: First z/OS 1.9 IPL Problem

2009-01-11 Thread Eric Bielefeld
I think there are 96 volumes uninitialized. I should probably put vtocs on them. The system is up - at least I can issue commands and get responces. Its just JES2 that won't come up, or give me any messages. Eric Itschak Mugzach imugz...@gmail.com wrote: you wrote There are a bunch

Re: First z/OS 1.9 IPL Problem

2009-01-11 Thread Eric Bielefeld
I guess your right - Format,Noreq. I mistyped that. Eric Daz har...@gmail.com wrote: Are you positive about that? My book says to reply FORMAT,NOREQ for a cold start, and just NOREQ for a warm. On Sat, Jan 10, 2009 at 8:20 AM, Eric Bielefeld eric-ibmm...@wi.rr.comwrote: John.

Re: First z/OS 1.9 IPL Problem

2009-01-11 Thread Gibney, Dave
, 2009 2:58 PM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: First z/OS 1.9 IPL Problem I guess your right - Format,Noreq. I mistyped that. Eric Daz har...@gmail.com wrote: Are you positive about that? My book says to reply FORMAT,NOREQ for a cold start, and just NOREQ for a warm

Re: First z/OS 1.9 IPL Problem

2009-01-11 Thread Eric Bielefeld
There were no WTORs of any kind. Spool is only several hundred cylinders. I have several things to look at tomorrow. Eric Gibney wrote: Do you get that first JES WTOR? I ask, because I'm now unclear where you are in the IPL. If, as you seem to be saying, this is a new and complete

Re: First z/OS 1.9 IPL Problem

2009-01-11 Thread Bruce Hewson
o new system1st IPL...JES2 starts but does not initialiseno obvious WTORs or erro messages. o D A,JES2 shows JES2 task active options: 1. Take Stand Alone DUMP. Use your current system SA-DUMP if you have to. It will, at a minimum, let your review SYSLOG messages. 2. Is there

Re: First z/OS 1.9 IPL Problem

2009-01-11 Thread Brian Westerman
Can you display the output from your D,A,L so that we can see what is there and what's not? The uninit DASD shouldn't make a difference for JES, if it did you would see a message of some kind. I like the idea of getting JES out of there and then trying to restart it manually to see what messages

Re: First z/OS 1.9 IPL Problem

2009-01-10 Thread Eric Bielefeld
I already figured that out that JES2 wasn't initialized yet. D R,R shows nothing, as a may have already replied. Eric Skip Robinson jo.skip.robin...@sce.com wrote: 'Invalid command' in response to $S means that JES2 has not initialized far enough to respond to any commands. I would

Re: First z/OS 1.9 IPL Problem

2009-01-10 Thread Ed Finnell
In a message dated 1/10/2009 10:20:44 A.M. Central Standard Time, eric-ibmm...@wi.rr.com writes: I already figured that out that JES2 wasn't initialized yet. D R,R shows nothing, as a may have already replied. Can you get to syslog either hardcopy or HMC to see if there are any obvious

Re: First z/OS 1.9 IPL Problem

2009-01-10 Thread Ulrich Krueger
want to check GRS for ENQ / RESERVE lockouts ... HTH Regards, Ulrich Krueger -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Eric Bielefeld Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2009 08:04 To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: First z/OS 1.9 IPL

Re: First z/OS 1.9 IPL Problem

2009-01-10 Thread Eric Bielefeld
The messages go by really fast, so I didn't see any error messages. Just after the console goes to roll mode, all messages stop. As stated in another reply, D R,L and D R,R show no outstanding replies. I believe IEFSSN is starting JES2. Since I'm not at work, I can't really check

Re: First z/OS 1.9 IPL Problem

2009-01-10 Thread Ulrich Krueger
the screen. Regards, Ulrich Krueger -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Eric Bielefeld Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2009 08:04 To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: First z/OS 1.9 IPL Problem I already figured that out that JES2

Re: First z/OS 1.9 IPL Problem

2009-01-10 Thread Eric Bielefeld
Thanks for all the great replies. I have several things to check when I get in Monday morning. Ulrich - in reply to your other message, the console is in RD mode. I don't think that matters though, because when the messages scroll by, that's before the console is set up in RD mode. There

Re: First z/OS 1.9 IPL Problem

2009-01-10 Thread Mark Zelden
On Sat, 10 Jan 2009 17:18:26 +, Eric Bielefeld eric-ibmm...@wi.rr.com wrote: The messages go by really fast, so I didn't see any error messages. Just after the console goes to roll mode, all messages stop. As stated in another reply, D R,L and D R,R show no outstanding replies. I believe

Re: First z/OS 1.9 IPL Problem

2009-01-10 Thread Linda Mooney
Hi Eric, I haven't done 1.9 yet, but at 1.4 to 1.7, I discovered that the size of my checkpoint was too small. One very short green message that went flying by and JES2 would not finish initializing. My symtoms were the same as yours, and I didn't have any WTOR either. Having 2 checkpoints

Re: First z/OS 1.9 IPL Problem

2009-01-10 Thread Dave Kopischke
On Sun, 11 Jan 2009 03:21:23 +, Linda Mooney wrote: Hi Eric, I haven't done 1.9 yet, but at 1.4 to 1.7, I discovered that the size of my checkpoint was too small. One very short green message that went flying by and JES2 would not finish initializing. My symtoms were the same as yours,

Re: First z/OS 1.9 IPL Problem

2009-01-10 Thread Brian Westerman
I missed the first part of this, but have you issued a D R,R to see if you have any outstanding messages? Brian -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the

Re: First z/OS 1.9 IPL Problem

2009-01-10 Thread Linda Mooney
Hi Dave, $ACTIVATE avoidance mostly because of all of the 3rd party products with JES2 tables and/or exits. The way our change control goes, if I did a $ACTIVATE we would have had to bring folks in for testing, etc. Besides, I needed to expand spool anyway. We had outgrown our previous

First z/OS 1.9 IPL Problem

2009-01-09 Thread Eric Bielefeld
I just IPL'd z/OS 1.9 for the first time. I've been waiting for about 35 minutes after the IPL messages stopped coming out for JES2 to issue a message. If I do a D A,L, it shows JES2 as running, and a bunch of tasks starting, like they should be before JES2 is fully initialized. I can't

Re: First z/OS 1.9 IPL Problem

2009-01-09 Thread Eatherly, John D [EQ]
Try $S. Thanks John Eatherly 972.254.5441 972.830.3627 -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Eric Bielefeld Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 3:08 PM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: First z/OS 1.9 IPL Problem I just IPL'd z/OS

Re: First z/OS 1.9 IPL Problem

2009-01-09 Thread Len Rugen
It can, I don't remember the weights and shares I had, but defining a single CP to my oft-IPL'ed test system and bumping it's share to something that gave it a few mips (IIRC, we were 160 total and I gave it 10) was acceptable. An idling lpar on this system would use 2% or more of the plex.

Re: First z/OS 1.9 IPL Problem

2009-01-09 Thread Ted MacNEIL
According to RMF Mon 3, my lpar is taking 1.4% of CPU steadily. Early in the IPL, it had as much as 10% for a 100 second interval. I don't think it has anything to do with 1.9. I've found that any OS requires 10% of the processor (regardless of size) to IPL. 1.4% is way to small. So is a 100

Re: First z/OS 1.9 IPL Problem

2009-01-09 Thread Ted MacNEIL
Also, don't CLPA if you don't need to First IPL -- you have to! - Too busy driving to stop for gas! -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET

Re: First z/OS 1.9 IPL Problem

2009-01-09 Thread Eric Bielefeld
Eatherly 972.254.5441 972.830.3627 -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Eric Bielefeld Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 3:08 PM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: First z/OS 1.9 IPL Problem I just IPL'd z/OS 1.9

Re: First z/OS 1.9 IPL Problem

2009-01-09 Thread Bob Shannon
Did you do a $S? Did your console messages go to an unexpected console? You can always take a SAD to determine the state of your system. Bob Shannon Rocket Software -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access

Re: First z/OS 1.9 IPL Problem

2009-01-09 Thread Gibney, Dave
migrating from? Dave Gibney Information Technology Services Washington State Univsersity -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Eric Bielefeld Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 1:08 PM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: First z/OS 1.9

Re: First z/OS 1.9 IPL Problem

2009-01-09 Thread Eric Bielefeld
We are migrating from z/OS 1.7. My test Lpar is not part of the production sysplex, and won't ever be from what I understand. I IPL'd 3 times now, all with the same results. I tried taking a Stand Alone dump, and I never get a console message, even though it is supposed to go to the same

Re: First z/OS 1.9 IPL Problem

2009-01-09 Thread Skip Robinson
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Re: First z/OS 1.9 IPL Problem

2009-01-09 Thread Schwarz, Barry A
I ran into a similar situation some time ago when a library that should have been was not APF authorized. -Original Message- From: Eric Bielefeld Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 1:08 PM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: First z/OS 1.9 IPL Problem I just IPL'd z/OS 1.9 for the first time

Re: First z/OS 1.9 IPL Problem

2009-01-09 Thread Mark Zelden
On Fri, 9 Jan 2009 15:07:57 -0600, Eric Bielefeld eric-ibmm...@wi.rr.com wrote: I just IPL'd z/OS 1.9 for the first time. I've been waiting for about 35 minutes after the IPL messages stopped coming out for JES2 to issue a message. If I do a D A,L, it shows JES2 as running, and a bunch of tasks

Re: First z/OS 1.9 IPL Problem

2009-01-09 Thread Thompson, Steve
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Eric Bielefeld Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 4:27 PM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: First z/OS 1.9 IPL Problem We are migrating from z/OS 1.7. My test Lpar is not part

Re: First z/OS 1.9 IPL Problem

2009-01-09 Thread Mark Zelden
On Fri, 9 Jan 2009 21:18:44 +, Ted MacNEIL eamacn...@yahoo.ca wrote: According to RMF Mon 3, my lpar is taking 1.4% of CPU steadily. Early in the IPL, it had as much as 10% for a 100 second interval. I don't think it has anything to do with 1.9. I've found that any OS requires 10% of the

Re: First z/OS 1.9 IPL Problem

2009-01-09 Thread Mark Zelden
On Fri, 9 Jan 2009 22:26:59 +, Eric Bielefeld eric-ibmm...@wi.rr.com wrote: We are migrating from z/OS 1.7. My test Lpar is not part of the production sysplex, and won't ever be from what I understand. I IPL'd 3 times now, all with the same results. I tried taking a Stand Alone dump, and I

Re: First z/OS 1.9 IPL Problem

2009-01-09 Thread Natarajan Mohan
It just took a while... But P/390 eventually worked :-) Natarajan Mark Zelden mark.zel...@zurichna.com 1/9/2009 3:12 PM On Fri, 9 Jan 2009 21:18:44 +, Ted MacNEIL eamacn...@yahoo.ca wrote: According to RMF Mon 3, my lpar is taking 1.4% of CPU steadily. Early in the IPL, it had as much as

Re: First z/OS 1.9 IPL Problem

2009-01-09 Thread Rick Fochtman
snip- I just IPL'd z/OS 1.9 for the first time. I've been waiting for about 35 minutes after the IPL messages stopped coming out for JES2 to issue a message. If I do a D A,L, it shows JES2 as running, and a bunch of tasks starting,

Re: First z/OS 1.9 IPL Problem

2009-01-09 Thread Natarajan Mohan
One way to catch NIP messages is to disconnect all CONSOLES and let the message go to system messages on HMC. Natarajan NOTICE OF CONFIDENTIALITY The information contained in this communication, including but not limited to any accompanying document(s) and/or attachment(s), is privileged

Re: First z/OS 1.9 IPL Problem

2009-01-09 Thread Ted MacNEIL
Really? I've IPLed with 1% ... it just takes a long time. And 1% of a z900 at that (box virtually at 100% busy and weight of sandbox LPAR = 1%). I wonder how people ever IPLed a 3 mip P/390? Lucky you! I've found in an LPAR environment, especially with the synchronous requirements of an IPL,